Corn gathering and husking machine.



, PATENTED APR. 7, 1908. N. M. ANDERSON. CORN GATHERING AND HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1906.

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W/T/VESSES No. 884,308. PATENTED APR. 7, 1908. N. M. ANDERSON. CORN GATHERING AND HUSKING MACHINE.

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N. M ANDERSON. CORN GATHERING AND HUSKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV 1 1906 mmuais WITNESSES hwwmra ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT orrrcn.

NELS MARTIN ANDERSON, OF GALVA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO SANDER M.

' HOKOM AND ONE-THIRD TO PETER A. NORBORG, OFGALVA, ILLINOIS. I

CORN GATHERING AND HUSKING MACHINE.

\ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April '7, 190a.

Application filed November 1, 1906v Serial No. 341,548.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELs; MARTIN ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galva, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have irivented' a new and Improved Corn Gathering and Husking Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in machines for gathering and husking corn in the field and discharging the same into a wagon or other convenient means for receiving it, all of the operations being performed automatically as the machine is drawn over the field.

One embodiment of the invention, generally stated, consistsof a frame-work supporting at one side thereof in an inclined position, two corrugated or fluted rolls arranged on -a skew for receiving the stalks of corn therebetween as the machine moves forward,,and removing the ears. The ears, on being removed, drop into atrough having two rearwardly-inclined rolls arranged at the bottom thereof, acting to remove the husk from the ear and discharging the corn upon a conveyor, the latter elevating it to a 'chute where it is discharged into any convenient means for receiving it, preferably a I jounnale wagon for hauling it to a place of storage.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure] is a side elevation of the machine as it is preferably constructed; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fi 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, 0th of said sections being viewed in the direction of their respective arrows. i

The machine embodies in its construction a rectangular frame composed of side sills 1 and 2 and an intermediate sill 3, all of which are connected together at the rear of the machine by an end sill 4, and the sills 1 and 3 connected together at the forward end of the machine b an end sill 5. This part of the frame of tie machine is supported at substantially its center on wheels 6 fixed to an axle 7 journaled in bearin s carried on the face of the sills 1 and 2, sai frame being fur ther sup orted at its rear end by a wheel 6,

d between a .fork'6 the latter being pivotally connected to the intermediate I Slll 3. 1

At one side and at the forward end of the machine are supported on the frame-work just described, two forwardly-inclined bgams 8 arranged at an angle of substantially 15 degrees to the plane of the sills 1 and 3 and at different elevations, the rear ends of said beams being bolstered up by inclined struts 9 secured to the rectangular frame and connected together at their upper ends by a crossbar 10. Carried on the crossbar 10 are bearing-boxes 11 in which are journaled two coacting, corrugated tubular rolls 12 arranged substantially parallel to the beams 8, and having their lower ends journaled in brackets 13 depending from said beams. The rolls 12 are skewed or have their axes at a slight angle to each other, with their forward and lower ends tapered to readily admit a stalk of corn therebetween. The inner roll 12 is slightly depressed below the outer roll, acting when in operation, to throw. the ears of corn to the inside of the machine. For operating both rolls, causing them to revolvc toward each other they are provided at their upper ends with intermeshing gears 14, a sprocket-Wheel 15 being. fixed to the inner roll, which is connected and driven from a sprocket wheel 16 by a chain 17. The sprocket-wheel 16 is fixed to the extremity of a shaft 18 journaled ina bearin 19 carried at one side of a bracket 20, the atter being bolted or otherwise secured in the angle between the inner strut 9 and the intermediate sill 3. The shaft 18 is substantiallyparallel to the rolls 12 and has fixed to its lower end a small bevel gear 21 meshing with a somewhat larger gear 22 carried at one end of a crossshaft 23. This cross-shaft is journaled in suitable bearings carried by the sills 1 and 3, and is driven from the axle of the machine by a suitable gearing, preferably consisting of a large sprocket-wheel 24 fixed to the axle and connected with a somewhat smaller sprocket-wheel 25, by a chain 26.

Supported on the inner beam 8 on standards 27 and 28 arranged near its forward and rearward ends, respectively, is a wide, sheet metal plate 29 slightly overhanging the inner roll 12 at one side, and further secured to the beam 8 at its upper end by a foot 30. The outer edge of this plate engages the corn stalks as'they are received between the rolls 12 and prevents said stalks from fallingover to the inside of the machine For positively feedin and drawing the corn-stalks between the r0 ls 12 are provided chains 31, having projecting fingers 32 at intervals thereon arranged above and at each side of a plane passin between the rolls, the chains eing carrie on sprocket-wheels 33 and 34 ositioned, respectively, near the lower an upper ends of the beam 8. The sprocketwheels 33 and 34 carried by the inner beam 8 are fixed to shafts 35 and 36 journaled, res ectively, in the standards 27 and 28, the shaft 35 being in the nature of a short stud held from longitudinal movement by a setscrew 37 passing into a circumferential oove therein, and the shaft 36 being extended to the large bevel gear 22 where it is provided with a small bevel gear 88 meshing therewith. The sprocket-wheels 83 and 34 carried by the outer beam 8 are fixed to shafts 89 and 40, respectively, bringing the chain at this side of the machine somewhat closer to the rolls -12 than the opposite chain, and by means of the fingers 32 extending therefrom not only acting to draw the corn-.

stalks between the rolls, but reventing the ears, after removal of the stal from sliding from the rolls to the ground. The shaft 40, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is extended parallel to the shaft 36 and intergeared therewith by gears 41, one gear being'fixed to each shaft adjacent to a bracket 42 carried by each of the struts 9, in which the shafts are journaled.

Fixed to the sills 1 and 3 are crossbars 43 supporting adjacent to the sill 8, a sheet metal trough 44, the forward end of said trough having an upwardly-extcnding lip 45 to receive the ears of corn from the inner roll 12. The bottom of the trough is formed by coacting rolls 46 and 47 fixed to shafts 46 and 47 respectively journaled inbearins 48 carried by the crossbars 43. The rods 46 and 47 are preferably formed of sheet metal ipe, corrugated longitudinally, with the roll 46 having a series of annular grooves 49 passing about its circumference, which cooperates with a series of blades 50 arranged in a corresponding'manner on the circumference of the roll 47. The rolls 46 and 47 slightly incline rearwardly to an elevator carried at the-rear end of the machine and consisting of an endless apron .51 having projecting strips 52 arranged at intervals on the face thereof and passing about rollers 53, 54 and 55, best shown in Fig. The rollers 53 and 54 are journaled in the end sill 4 and adjacent crossbar 43, whereas theroller 55 is journaled at the upper end of a trough 56 receiving the upper face of the a ron, said trou h terminating in an incline chute 57 overhanging one side of the machine. As shown in Fig. 4, the horizontal portion of the a ron 51 is positioned below therear end of t e rolls 46 and 47, and is madeto conform ssasos to the angle of the trou h 56 by means of idle rollers '58'carried on s rafts which are jour naled in bearings 59 and 60 carried respectively by the end sill 4 and adjacent crossbar 43.

Connected to the side sill 1 and overhanging this side of the machine, are brackets 61, each providing av bearing in which a longi tudinal shaft 62 is journaled, said shaft having a small bevel gear 63 fixed thereto, which intermeshes with a somewhat larger bevel gear 64 iixed to the outer end of the crossshaft 23. Fixed to the forward end of the shaft 62 is a sprocket-wheel 65, which is connected to a sprocketavheel ofifbred to the shaft 46 by a chain 67 acting to drive the roll 46 and by reason of the intermeshing gears 68 carried by the shafts 46 and 47 drives the roll 47.

Adjacent to the rear bracket 61 and fixed to the shaft- 62 is a sprocket-wheel 69 connected to a sprocket-Wheel 70 by a chain 71 the sprocket-wheel 70, as best shown in Fig. 1, being carried at one end of the roller 55 and acting to drive the roller and apron when the machine is set in motion.

In the operation of'the machine as it is pulled forwardly, the corn-stalks are drawn etween the rolls 12 by the fingers 32, the

former removing the ears of corn which fall,

upon the extent ing lip 45 of the trough 44 and onto the rolls 46 and 47. The moving blades 50 of the roll 47 coacting with the annular grooves of the roll 46, remove the husks from the ears; and in view of their in clined relation, the corn is worked by gravity onto the apron 51, said apron carrying the corn to an elevated position at one side of the machine and dischar ing it throughthe chute 57 into any convenient means tor receiving it.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of the machine, I consider the precise construction as immaterial and limited only by the scope of the annexed claims. Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent; I

1. in a machine of the character described, two co'acting, forwardly and downwardlyinclined harvesting rolls positioned side by side and having their longitudinal axes arranged at a slightinclination to each other, whereby the lower end of one of saidrolls is describedv depressed below the other for the purpose 2. lna machine of the character described,

two coacting, forwardly and downwardly- 1nclined,long1tud1nal, corrugated,' harvestm rolls having their longitudinal axes arranged at a slight inclination to each other, whereby the lower end of one of said rolls is depressed below the other for the-purpose described.

3. in a machine of the character described, a frame-work, two coacting, forwardlyand pressed below the lower end chains having fingers movably mounted over the lower ends'of said rolls with thechainover the 'de pressed roll arranged at a higher, ,elevation of the dther, and

roll. 4. In a machine of the character described, means for gathering cornfrom the stalk, eomprisin two coactihg forwardly and downwarrfiy inclined, corrugated, tubular rolls-the'lower. end of one. of said rolls being depressed below the lower end of the other, and flexible members having fingers movable over the lower ends otsaid rolls and arranged.

atdiilerentelevations.

"'5, In a machine ofthe character described, a frame-work, two coacting, forwardly and downwardly inclined harvesting rolls arranged at one side of the frame-work, two ooacting, rearwardly and downwardly inclined'husking rolls supported by the frame- Work at the side of t e harvesting rolls, a

- cross-shaft journaled in bearings carried by theframe work, a longitudinal shaft arranged. at the opposite side of theinachine from the harvesting rolls and driven by the cross-shaft, means for driving the harvesting rolls from' ,the cross-shaft, and means for driving the husking rolls from the longitudinal shaft.

6. In a machine of the character described,

a frame-work, an axle having wheel's supportin the frame work near the center thereo a third wheel supporting the rear end of the frame-work, a cross-shaft journaled in the frame-work, means for driving' said cross-shaft from said axle, a longitudinal shaft j ournaled atone side of the frame-work wardly inclined. huskingrolls ournaled on driven by said cross-shaft, two coacting, for- -wardly and downwardlyeinclined corn-gatherin rolls journaled at one side of the framewor two coacting, rearwardly and downthe frame-work at one side of t e corn-gathlorsteruend of one of said rolls, .being'de than the chain over the opposite i i a frame-Work, an axle having wheels supporting the frame-work one of said wheels beering rolls, an elevator supported "on the frame-work at the-rear of the machinefor receivinthe corn from the husking rolls, means ordriving the corn-gather ng rollsfrom said cross-shaft, and means for driving the husking rolls and the elevator from said longitudinal shaft.

7. In a'inachine of the character described,

mg arranged at the inside and the other of said Wheels arranged at the outside of the frame-work, a third wheel supportingthe rear end of the frame-work," two coactlng, forwardly and downwardly-inclinedcorn-gathframe-wo'rk, .a third Wheel supporting the rear end of the frame-work, two coacting, forwardly and downwardly inclined cornathering rolls journaled at one side of the ame-work, two rearwardly and downwardlydnclined corn-husking rolls, journaled on the frame-work at one side of and below the corn-gathering rolls, whereby the latter discharges directly thereon, an elevator arranged at the rear and at one "side of the frame-work for receiving the corn from the husking rolls, and means for driving said rolls and said 'elevatorffrom said axle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NELS MARTIN ANDERSON. Witnesses:

ERIC LUNDIN,

E. LUNDEEN. 

